Botha
Indeed, ‘allegedly’. It’s one of those quotes that’s been attributed to a number of similar aircraft over the years. A dreadful aircraft anyway one cuts it.

Interestingly, Putnam’s ‘Blackburn Aircraft Since 1919’ makes no reference of the dreadful nature of the Botha, but devotes considerable space to the controversy over the pronounciation of the name and mutters darkly about how Blackburn’s could not get hold of any Bristol Taurus engines because Bristol nicked them all for the Beaufort.

Is it time for a ‘too bad to be forgotten’ thread? Or perhaps a ‘really bad Blackburn aircraft’ thread?